2015 Jeep Renegade · symptom sheet
Engine overheats or leaks coolant
- 58owner reports
- 44,000median miles
- $500median quote
- 1involved a crash
Newest report Sep 12, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
165 of the 511 complaints on this car are about the engine. 58 of those describe overheating.
Tick what matches of 58 reports
Overheating on other Renegade years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2018.
What this problem usually is
Most owners in this group notice the coolant before they notice the heat: a reservoir that keeps dropping, a sweet smell, or a bright puddle under the front of the car. Across the vehicles on this site, about four in five of these complaints mention coolant, a leak or a puddle, and roughly two in five mention the temperature gauge or overheating.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the radiator (29 reports) and the thermostat (12 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the engine covers the 2015 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
5 of the 58 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $263 to $600.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 36,914 and 55,000 miles, from the 54 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 3 service bulletins or notices for the 2015 Jeep Renegade that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Water Quality When Mixed With Engine Coolant
Issue involves overheating, running hot, coolant leaks and related symptoms after a Mopar replacement engine has been installed in the vehicle.
JEEP RENEGADE: THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY CLEARANCE BETWEEN RADIATOR ANCHORING PIN AND RADIATOR SUPPORT RUBBER BUSHING *CN
What owners wrote
“Vehicle overheating due to non functioning radiator fan. There was a recall on same model, but none listed for my specific vin. unknown as to when symptoms first appeared. vehicle overheats more when car is stopped/in idle.”
Filed Sep 22, 2024
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 58 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
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Other problems on this car
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 89 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 62 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 41 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 33 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 30 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 26 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 25 reports